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Why Climate Litigation in South Africa Matters

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Credit: Tobias Reich, Unsplash The Sabin Center’s Global Climate Change Litigation Database currently lists over 2000 cases. And what do they say about the future of climate litigation in the country? The country also has a strong tradition of public interest litigation , with roots in the anti-apartheid struggle.

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“The Conservative Supreme Court Has Arrived: From abortion and religion to guns and administrative law, ‘I don’t think Justice Thomas has ever had a better term,’ leading appellate litigator Paul Clement says.”

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“The Conservative Supreme Court Has Arrived: From abortion and religion to guns and administrative law, ‘I don’t think Justice Thomas has ever had a better term,’ leading appellate litigator Paul Clement says.”

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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The Supreme Court of Japan may soon weigh in on a growing field of climate litigation in Japan against coal-fired power plants. Through May 2022, all existing climate litigation cases in Japan concern the construction or operation of coal-fired power plants and refer to citizens’ attempts to stop the use of coal. Civil law cases.

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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

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Ecological restoration and environmental remediation are some responses to climate change, and thereby this Treaty is likely to impact future climate litigation. This is likely to impact the success rate of litigation claims, since the clearer an obligation is in its scope and nature, the more likely it is that non-compliance is sanctioned.

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U.S. Climate Litigation in the Age of Trump: Full Term

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Litigators responded to the Trump administration’s climate deregulation agenda by filing hundreds of lawsuits across the U.S. over the four years of the administration. Climate Litigation in the Age of Trump: Full Term , takes stock of 378 U.S. Climate Change Litigation Database. By Korey Silverman-Roati.

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Litigation continues over public charge immigration rule

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In a concurring opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts noted that the court’s DIG did not reflect “the appropriate resolution of other litigation, pending or future, related to” the rule. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, the ongoing public charge litigation.

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United States: PGR Estoppel Continues To Be Broad And Onerous, PTAB Litigation Blog - Jones Day

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An ITC Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) recently issued an initial determination holding that PGR estoppel prevented GMG Products LLC (Respondent) from raising two prior-art products in the ITC.